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sylphe.

sylph (the elemental being of air)

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/silf/
  1. sylph (the elemental being of air)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From New Latin sylphes, sylphi, coined by Paracelsus in the 16th century, possibly based on a combination of Latin sylvestris (“from the woods”) + nympha (“nymph”), or otherwise Ancient Greek σίλφη (sílphē, “beetle”). More at sylph.

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